by Lelethu Masangwana | 9 September 2019 | Electoral systems, Political Systems
Electoral systems are ways used to determine the outcome of an election. The system used and how it is used varies in each country. What voters know about the system has an impact on how they vote or who they vote for. In the last of the two-part explanation of...
by Lelethu Masangwana | 9 September 2019 | Electoral systems, Political Systems
Electoral systems are methods and rules used to determine the outcome of an election. The system used and how it is used varies in each country. What voters know about the system can have an impact on how they vote or who they vote for. We can categorise these into...
by Lelethu Masangwana | 15 August 2019 | General, Political Systems
We have reached another Women’s Month and still, rape and sexual offences are at alarming levels in the country and have been so for the past decade. The regulations relating to Sexual Offences Courts (SOC) await the go-ahead from Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng....
by Lelethu Masangwana | 7 June 2019 | Electoral systems, General, Political Parties
A number of young people have assumed roles as Members of Parliament and Members of the Provincial Legislatures after the elections. Most of these young politicians were leading activists in the #FeesMustFall protests between 2015 and 2016 and continue to advocate for...
by Lelethu Masangwana | 7 May 2019 | Electoral systems, General
On Tuesday the 30th of April, MVC in partnership with the Democracy Development Program and Social Justice Coalition held a community-focused discussion at the Isivivana Centre in Khayelitsha. About 50 participants mostly from informal settlements joined us in a...
